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Mon, 02 Jun 2014 16:51:43 +0000en-UShourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.9R.I.P. Will Hoppehttp://286th.com/2014/05/28/r-i-p-will-hoppe/
http://286th.com/2014/05/28/r-i-p-will-hoppe/#commentsWed, 28 May 2014 12:14:52 +0000http://286th.com/?p=511My father, Will Hoppe, died a few days ago. I put up this site for him in 2010, to share with the world the booklet he and Bob McKean created. He got a kick from my reports of the comments left here, and I enjoyed hearing the memories they sparked in him. At one point, he told me that the booklet was his best work. I’ve posted his obituary and some of his “lesser” work on willhoppe.com

Click on the photo to read what Will wrote to his grandparents back in Brooklyn.

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http://286th.com/2011/12/20/more-id-help-needed/#commentsTue, 20 Dec 2011 21:34:33 +0000http://286th.com/?p=384Paul Anesto’s daughter Crystal has asked that I post this picture of her father at Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest in hope to identify any of the other soldiers.

Will Hoppe’s handwriting on the back says “Merkin, De Murjian, and myself. Merkin is a Bklyn boy, too.”

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http://286th.com/2011/12/02/name-the-soldiers/#commentsFri, 02 Dec 2011 02:25:37 +0000http://286th.com/?p=365Please use the comments to help identify the soldiers in this photo!